"Ah? Stinking men??" Xiao Hua's eyes widened as he stared incredulously at these girls barely in their teens, utterly at a loss for words.
"Get going already!" One girl shot Xiao Hua a disdainful glare, then took Xue Xue's hand. "Sister, let's wait here for the other sisters!"
"Mm, I'll follow Junior Sister's instructions!" Xue Xue's mouth was truly sweet. She immediately answered with a faint smile, then gave Xiao Hua a meaningful look.
"All right~" Xiao Hua was utterly defeated by this little girl. He nodded, hurried after Wang Yunxiao ahead of him, and asked in a low voice, "Senior Brother Wang, what is this bone-age test for?"
Knowing that Xiao Hua was a Rogue Cultivator, Wang Yunxiao was no longer surprised. He smiled. "Testing bone age is simply to see exactly how old a fellow Daoist is."
"Oh..." Xiao Hua seemed to understand.
"Hehe, among us cultivators in the Cultivation World, it is not easy to judge one's age merely from appearance. Take me, for example. When I was young, I consumed a strange herb with some beauty-preserving effects. I look only twenty-odd years old, but I am actually already thirty-two!"
"Therefore, whenever a cultivation sect recruits disciples, all disciples who pass the selection must undergo a bone-age test to determine their true age. If they are too old, then even if their cultivation meets the requirements, they cannot be selected! Junior Brother Xiao, think about it. If a cultivator were sixty years old and at the late eleventh layer of Qi Cultivation, would the Thunder Control Sect accept them?"
"So that was it!" Xiao Hua's heart gave a jolt, and he felt faintly uneasy.
"Junior Brother Xiao looks young—only seventeen or eighteen on the surface. Hehe, how could someone that age cultivate to the tenth layer of